Lübeck

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See also: Lubeck

English[edit]

 Lübeck on Wikipedia

Proper noun[edit]

Lübeck

  1. A city in Schleswig-Holstein, north-central Germany, northeast of Hamburg; a major Baltic port and industrial center, the present city dates from 1143 and was the leading town of the Hanseatic League after its designation as a free city in 1226; it retained that status until 1937.

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German[edit]

 Lübeck on German Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German Lǖbēke, from Polabian Liubice (literally lovely) (compare Slovak Ľubica (personal name)), from Proto-Slavic *ľubь (love), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (to love). The latter part of the name was altered after the common Low German placename suffix +‎ -beck, from Middle Low German bēke (brook), from Proto-Germanic *bakiz, whence also German Bach.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlyːbɛk/, (dated) /ˈlyːbeːk/
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  • Hyphenation: Lü‧beck

Proper noun[edit]

Lübeck n (proper noun, genitive Lübecks or (optionally with an article) Lübeck)

  1. Lübeck (an independent city in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Swedish[edit]

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From German Lübeck.

Proper noun[edit]

Lübeck n (genitive Lübecks)

  1. Lübeck (a city in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

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